Babysitter (LP版) - Harry Chapin
Written by：Harry Chapin
When I rearrange the pieces of the puzzle of my
Past
I sigh at the heartaches relive the laughs
And I think about the moments that have left their
Mark
And the too few faces that shine a little light
In the dark
If you don't mind I'm gonna tell you a story
And I think that it won't bore you
For it's a tale that I've never told
To anyone before you 'cause it's for you
The sun of sixteen Summers had put halos in your
Hair
If anything was in my head twelve winters put it
There
A dollar an hour is what mama paid you to
Come and mind her kids
But no one could really pay you enough for what
You really did
Many happy things keep happening on my journey through this
World
And in ways that I will never understand
I was much too late to be the first to
Make you a woman
But you were the one who made my mother's son
A man
You know I used to read myself to sleep when
I went to bed
I guess I was a dreamer then who lived inside
My head
But the nights you came you talked of things I
Found I had a friend
You brought my fears of people to a sure and
Gentle end
Many happy things keep happening on my journey through this
World
And in ways that I will never understand
I was much too late to be the first to
Make you a woman
But you are the one who made my mother's son
A man
Do you remember the night when you turned out the
Light
And you said to me please hold me
I did not know which way to go
So I did just what you told me please hold
Me
When I think about you now it's not that my
Memory fails
There's just no need for graphic telling of all the
Details
Let's just say you taught me something that brought me
From my shell
You gave to me that first sweet taste of the
Heaven here in this hell
Many happy things keep happening on my journey through this
World
And in ways that I will never understand
I was much too late to be the first to
Make you a woman
But you were the one who made my mother's son
A man